George Oscar Bluth II
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So do any of you think this has a shot at becoming the best or second best Star Wars film?
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Star Wars Episode VIII Production Thread (Principal Photography Complete)
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too early to say for sure but I think it's possible
ViewtifulJC
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I think it has a shot of being the first great Star Wars movie since 1980
Smallest of glimpses of a VIII set, and some returning practical aliens, in this May the 4th video for Force for Change.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I asked about that thing but I called it something like "that thing that looks sorta like an enormous moisture vaporator".
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Perhaps, but honestly I'm very much thinking this could be the best one, if not my favorite (for me those aren't synonymous). There's so much potential for the story right now - it's pretty much anything goes, everyone behind the scenes is gushing over Rian's story, and Rian's such an interesting pick in general, I very much have faith this could do what Empire did and come in with something on a who other level.
A PM is the best route. By mentioning it you do let everyone see it. Saw this happen a ton in the non spoiler EP7 thread and was personally spoiled this way. Confirmation is as bad as posting the spoiler itself, IMO.
Did we ever get confirmation on what this structure is?
WadiumArcadium
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I didn't type it out in the production thread. Jesus. I was hoping he'd remove it before anyone else saw it.
Relax. Was just trying to share an experience I had in order to keep people from being spoiled in the future. A poster right after you thought he had been spoiled:
I didn't type it out in the production thread. Jesus. I was hoping he'd remove it before anyone else saw it.
..so I wanted to share my two cents so it doesn't happen to someone else.
Here's Lin-Manuel Miranda and J.J. Abrams singing the bar song from Force Awakens live outside the Hamilton theatre: https://youtu.be/7Sagk5uKEtQ
Also, the song, Jabba Flow, is available to purchase starting today. iTunes link here.
Also, the song, Jabba Flow, is available to purchase starting today. iTunes link here.
I had no idea he wrote that song. That's really cool.
WadiumArcadium
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Nice to see they finally released it. Doesn't seem to be on the UK store unfortunately.
You can stream it on the Star Wars website though.
KeyBladerXIII
Member
It's about time, that scene was my favorite in the movie. I never knew Miranda wrote it as a Huttese version of "It Wasn't Me", that's hilarious.
Lol I like how JJ just comes out of nowhere. Thanks for the link.
The way they're beefing up an announcement, surely they'll have more than "this team is developing an unannounced 3rd person action/adaventure game in the SW universe but we don't have any details yet".
I'm expecting something substantial.
brandonh83
Banned
Just announce the fucking subtitle ffs
Count Dookkake
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brandonh83
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That sounds cool af tbh
This is what I was thinking. Hopefully we get the title today.
Original OT Theatrical Cuts
no chance in hell ofc
Heh.. wouldn't that be something.
Not really sure what to expect, but the title probably is the most likely candidate if they were to make some sort of announcement (I'm still expecting nothing). IIRC The Force Awakens wasn't decided on until filming was nearly over.
Odd not to do it early in the morning, though.
Odd not to do it early in the morning, though.
brandonh83
Banned
If something were gonna happen, it would have already.
What time is it america?
Aren't we still waiting for their announcement?
Bobby Roberts
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If it was gonna happen, it would have happened already. May the 4th is a fan holiday. Lucasfilm helps promote it, nods and smiles at it, but doesn't really use it to that kind of extent.
Jabba Flow was likely the extent of it so far as Lucasfilm is concerned.
Ah, I forgot that came out. Yeah, that was probably it.
You may be right.. the main SW site is labeling it a "Star Wars Day Surprise".
"Move along.. move along!"
We'll probably not get it until principal photography wraps, same as they did with The Force Awakens - a simple tweet.
WadiumArcadium
Member
There's not much they'd be willing to talk about at the moment anyway. We only recently had the Rogue One teaser and they're not going to show much more of VIII this early.
crackhead_bob
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When should we expect an episode VIII trailer or title announcement to be made public? I have to assume that merchandising houses must have access to storyboard and concept designs by now.
Yeah, it will be interesting to see how much info we actually get while R1 is approaching and through to release on video. Wonder if they'll hold back all significant details until the dust settles. But then again they already showed us new footage/behind the scenes with the announcement video and that was VERY early on. They could have simply tweeted "started filming today!" but they went the route of a full on YT video.
brandonh83
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Title when filming wraps, teaser in December. That's how it happened with VII. If Episode VIII were coming out next summer as originally planned we would probably have gotten a teaser pretty shortly.
I'd be willing to bet we don't get real footage until R1 is on video.
brandonh83
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Ehhh... Rogue One won't be on video until like next April and we'll surely get an VIII teaser before then, unless they change things up.
Which I guess is possible. But we got the VII teaser exactly one year away from release.
This for me. Never felt the movie recovered, and if anything I spent more time trying to quash or justify all the insane leaps in logic to the end swimming in my head as the old kept mixing with the new in kind if absurd ways.
Still a fun movie, but yea...
Right but keep in mind that all focus was on VII since there were no other projects releasing before it (they wanted to poke people with a stick and say "look at this brand new SW film!" WAY in advance because they had the luxury of it being the first SW project in a line of many. They have no reason to not keep all eyes on R1 until the hype is gone.
This is how I felt.. until I saw the film more than once. Lots starts to sink in on repeat viewings. I did a 180 on how I felt about the film as a whole.
Bobby Roberts
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I swear this thread already touched on this at one point (pretty sure it was this thread where we started talking about marketing campaigns and such) but it really does seem like, in the interest of protecting against consumer confusion and preventing overlap, you're not gonna get any press pushes, ads, trailers, or commercials for a Star Wars movie unless it's the one opening most recently.
April teaser, October trailer. commercials sprinkled inbetween. Star Wars Celebration and Force Friday being the two big spikes on the way to the release.
brandonh83
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Good points. I guess they won't be following what they did with VII as there are other variables.
In other news, Celebration 2017 in Orlando
Going. Done deal.
In other news, Celebration 2017 in Orlando
Going. Done deal.
Yeah and I just don't think it makes sense to have the overlap when it's unnecessary. That doesn't mean we can't expect YT, behind the scenes, twitter and other social media updates almost daily, of course. And I'm looking forward to more of that, which has been fantastic thus far.
Makes me wonder if they'll even hold back the TITLE of the film until April, but I really doubt it.
Nice job. You're making me wanna get tickets and take time off..
brandonh83
Banned
My gf works week on/week off; if this is during her week on, I'll cry.
and still probably go
crackhead_bob
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Any chance that info on Rebels season 3 will be released at Celebration? And how well is that show doing? I heard rumors that it might be cancelled.
WadiumArcadium
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Dave Filoni's said there'll be a big Rebels announcement at Celebration. They'll definitely have a panel there. I'm guessing it'll be the Thrawn announcement.
This is really TFA related, but that thread's pretty much dead so I'm posting it here. Mark Hamill confirmed that the much rumored "hand floating through space" scene really was the original opening for TFA:
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/sta...ll-reveals-the-force-awakens-original-opening
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/sta...ll-reveals-the-force-awakens-original-opening
When this was rumored, I never understood how Luke's hand gets from Bespin to Jakku. Someone would have had to retrieve it, transport it, and drop it into orbit with the lightsaber still clutched.
That opening would have been confusing for people new to the series, but it would have befuddled everyone else, too. Seems like a good set of cuts (a story for another time).